1874. Winston Churchill was born

140 years ago, on November 30, 1874, Winston Churchill, an English politician, prime minister during the Second World War was born. According to a survey conducted in 2002 by the BBC company, he was called the greatest British in history.

In 1953, Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature "For the high skill of works of a historical and biographical nature, as well as for brilliant oratory, with the help of which higher human values ​​were defended." The most famous memoir work was the six -volume “Second World War”.